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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Power Alcohol from Crops

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 5

One of the questions of moment which came before the inter-State conference of agricultural experts in Melbourne last week was the…

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The Butter Position London, October 4

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 4

The butter famine has been somewhat relieved by the release by the Government of 25,000 boxes of Australian butter (ex Osterley),…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 5

THE regular meeting of the directors of the Hasting District Cooperative Dairy company was held in the factory office on Tuesday last. Mr. O. Lindsay, managing…

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Wingham Dairy Co

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 November 1917 · page 2

WE have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. J. A. Grant, Manager, for the following particulars, relating to the above Factory:—The turnover for…

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Amazing Price for Cattle

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 November 1917 · page 6

There was a sale of Holsteins at Worcester, Mass. (U.S.A.), recently, to whic hour American exchanges devote much space (says the…

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Crop Improvement

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 8

A GREAT work has been and still remains to be done in breeding types of plants suitable to special Australian conditions. So far, however, our…

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Wingham Dairy Co

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 6

We have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. J. A. Grant, manager, for the following particulars, relating to the above factory:—The turnover…

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Dairying. Where the Profits Go

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 3

Reference was recently made in the Agricultural Notes, to the statements of an officer of the Victorian Department of Agriculture,…

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Dairy Registration

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 2

WE would again remind dairymen that it is imperative their dairy premises should be registered not later than the 15th instant. Forms…

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Correspondence. Warning to Farmers. To the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 2

Letters intended fur insertion under this heading must bear the Dame and address of the writer—to be printed. No letters bearing a nom de plume will be inserted. Sir,—If Conserip[?] is carried on the 20th, owing to the disfranetusement of thousands and thousands of the pugratory population of this country being…

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Auction Sale of Dairy Stock

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 4

TO-DAY (Saturday) Messrs. Landrigan & Smyth, auctioneers in conjunction, under instructions from Mr. John Roach, of Pap pinbarra, will submit to public competition…

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"No" Campaign" Warning to Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 1

If Conscription carried on the 20th, owing to the disfranchisement of thousands and thousands of the migratory population of this…

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Handling the Wheat

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 December 1917 · page 2

Under the energetic and careful management of Mr. R. S. Drummond, the manager of the N.S.W. Wheat Officer, there is some ground for…

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Amazing Prices for Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 6

THERE was a sale of Holsteins at Worcester, Mass. (U.S.A.), recently, to which our American exchanges devote much space (says the…

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Butter for Imperial Government. EXTRA £25,000 SECURED

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture stated a few days ago that he had been advised that the Food Controller in London had agreed to pay 151s per…

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Revolution in Farming Promised. May Produce Crops on Exhausted Land

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 2

Before long the U.S. Government Plant Bureau will make announcement of an entirely new and very picturesque discovery…

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A Crop Report

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 4

A BLANK crop report was sent out by an Ohio paper for farmers to fill in, and one of the forms came back with the following written on the blank side in pencil: "All…

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Convict Days. (Copyright.) Vivid and Realistic Pictures of the Past. the Affair of Eagle Farm Part 1

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 7

The shooting of Captain Logon by mistake was very keenly felt by the convict Sidney Sampson. Petrie had taken summary vengeance on his…

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For Farmers "Yes," or Destruction of Rural Industries

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 December 1917 · page 4

There was never a more audacious political move than the desperate attempts made to stampede the farmers of the State into voting "No."…

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For Farmers "Yes," or Destruction of Rural Industries

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 4

There was never a more audacious political move than the desperate attempts made to stampede the farmers of the Stale into voting "No."…

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